Trường PTDTNT Hà Nội ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG Họ & tên :…………………… Năm học : 2010 – 2011 Lớp : 8…… Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 (Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút ) Điểm Lời phê của giáo viên I . Circle the letter A , B , C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest . ( 1ms ) 1. A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character 2. A. love B. home C. come D. some 3. A. dad B. stay C. tale D. great 4. A. shy B. fly C. curly D. sky 5. A. learned B. played C. ruled D. cooked II . Circle A , B , C or D to complete the following sentences . ( 5ms ) 1. The teacher told him …………………up late. A. to not stay B. to stay not C. to stay not D. not to stay 2. My father is good at ……………… English. A. speaking B. spoken C. speak D. to speak 3. We are all……………that you passed your English exam . Congratulation ! A. relieve B. afraid C. delighted D. certain 4. “………………….to come and have dinner with us ?” “ I’d love to but I’m very busy”. A. Would you mind B. Could you please C. Would you like D. Do you enjoy 5. I am very …………… in the information you have given me. A. concerned B. interested C. surprised D. worried 6. Can you tell me where ………… ? A. she does B. does she C. she is D. is she 7. You have to work……… for the coming exam. A. hardly B. more hardly C. more hard D. hard 8. I saw her …………… the flowers in the garden. A. watering B. watered C. be watered D. is watering 9. They had their luggage ………… by the porter. A. carry B. carrying C. to carry D. carried 10. She often spends her weekend …………… through pleasant open. A. travel B. traveling C. to travel D. to traveling 11. My brother is studying hard …… pass the exam. A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that 12. We have studied ………… seven o’clock A. for B. at C. since D. to 13. He was bornin England . English is his …………… A. mother tongue B. first language C. foreign language D. A and B are correct 14. It’s dangerous ……………… in this river. A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam 15. ……………… to America yet ? A. Were you B. Have you ever been C. Were you been D. Are you 16. The boy was …… by the dog. A. bite B. bit C. bited D. bitten 17. My father used …………. me to school . A. took B. taking C. to take D. take 18. Would you mind …………… for a few minutes ? A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. be waiting 19. My aunt speaks English very ……………. A. good B. well C. goodly D. best 20. We have math on Tuesday , Thursday and Friday ; It means we have math …………….a week. A. once B. twice C. three times D. fourtimes II . Give the correct from of the bold words in parentheses . ( 2ms ) 1. Send the letter by ………… if you want it to reach the recipient in time. (AIR) 2. After his parents died , he was sent to an …………… (ORPHAN) 3. My frieng , Nga plays the piano …………………. (BEAUTIFUL) 4. “ The lost shoe” is one of the ………………….stories I like best. (TRADITION) 5. The scouts also help the elderly and street ……………… (CHILD) III . Each sentence below contains an error , underline and write the correct one in the space . ( 2ms ) 1. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets. …………………………………………………………………………… 2. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy. …………………………………………………………………………… 3. Dave is a friend of mine . I knew him for a long time. …………………………………………………………………………… 4. The table made in wood is very nice. …………………………………………………………………………… 5. When she came , I read her letter. …………………………………………………………………………… IV . Complete the following passage , using the word given in the box below. There are more words than blanks . ( 5ms ) are work no days get as to build schools over lived responsibility soon didn’t planted take Every one is interested in education all (1)………… the word in big countries and in small ones , in cities as well as villsges . People (2) …………. …….building better (3) ……………… In one little village in the Philippines , there was (4) ……………… school at all. A typhoon blew down the old school and a new school . When the storm was over , everyone set to work (5) …………… homes and new chools . They cut bamboo poles to make the rooms , they built screens of grass and palm leaves fastened to bamboo frames . On hot (6) …………… they pushed all the screens back to let in as much air (7) …………… possible. Even the children helped . They made paths of stone and sand ; and (8) …… ……… flowers a long the edges (9) …………… they finished a fine new village school . It didn’t (10) ………………. any money to build this fine school , but it took a lot of hard work . No wonder , everyone was proud of it . And all were proving that everyone was interested in education. V . Writing 1:Use given words to rewrite the second sentence that the meaning not change: a. “ Please stop making noise” , said Mrs.Lan. Mrs.Lan told her children ………………………………………… b. He asked us many difficult questions. We ………………………………………………………………… c. Mary is moer intelligent than other girls in class. Mary is …………………………………………………………… d. We began to study English 5 years ago. We have …………………………………………………………. e. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework. Vinh is ………………………………………………………… 2:Complete the following sentence based on the given caes. 1. How long / it / take you / get / school ? 2. He / not interested / buy / new / house. 3. I / lay badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come. 4. I / bored / doing / something / day after day. 5. Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867. The end Good luck to you ! . Trường PTDTNT Hà Nội ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG Họ & tên :…………………… Năm học : 2010 – 2011 Lớp : 8…… Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 (Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút ) . I like best. (TRADITION) 5. The scouts also help the elderly and street ……………… (CHILD) III . Each sentence below contains an error , underline and write the correct one in the space . ( 2ms. helped . They made paths of stone and sand ; and (8) …… ……… flowers a long the edges (9) …………… they finished a fine new village school . It didn’t (10) ………………. any money to build this fine school